Thursday, September 21, 2006

zero the log files

what the different between these 2 commands?
# cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages

# > /var/log/messages
both commands zero the /var/log/messages file
but using > will not spawn a new process.
so you'll need to restart syslogd. (only on solaris but not on linux)
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:54 PM, September 21, 2006

    why do you need to spaw another process? Will the syslogd work after the ">" without restaring the syslogd?

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  2. ashamril8:41 PM, September 21, 2006

    will not work. nothing will be log unless u restart syslogd after using >, even though syslogd already running... heran gak aku!

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  3. Anonymous7:44 PM, September 22, 2006

    Jadi kat aku hari tu. Satu hari log tak masuk...sib bak aku check balik kalau tak kena fired dah :D

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